Recreation

Recreation gathers quotations that celebrate the art of stepping aside from duty and returning to oneself. Here you’ll find lines about play, sport, travel, games, hobbies, and the small rituals that restore attention—walking without a destination, reading for pleasure, laughing with friends, making music, or simply doing nothing on purpose. Writers and thinkers in this category explore leisure as more than escape: a way to sharpen the senses, loosen the mind’s knots, and remember what joy feels like when it isn’t earned. Some quotes praise vigorous exertion; others defend idleness as a quiet form of freedom. Together they map the many routes by which we recover energy, curiosity, and balance.